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Contact paper art

23/01/2012 by Cathy James 5 Comments

Here’s a simple contact paper art project using drinking straws.

 

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Contact paper art

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This idea for contact paper art is the result of my 5-year-old’s love of scissors. She sat listening to an audio book last week, all the while cutting away at a pack of drinking straws with her scissors. I’m not quite sure what it is about snipping she finds so appealing but she loves it at the moment and will cut paper, playdough, card, whatever. Not wanting to put a stop to her current craze, but also not wanting to see all our art supplies vanish into pieces quite so quickly, we gathered up all the drinking straw remnants to use for some contact paper art.

 

contact paper art

We decided to make some frames from card and drew out some irregular shapes.

contact paper art

Once the frames were cut out we placed them onto contact paper (which you might also know as sticky backed plastic).

contact paper art

Then it was time to fill in our gallery with the drinking straws.

contact paper art

Putting the contact paper frames up in the window, with the light shining through, creates a beautiful effect. With the bowl of drinking straws placed on the window ledge it’s an invitation for whoever is passing to add a few pieces. The contact paper is strong enough to hold the straws in place, but it’s very easy to peel them off, move them around and try different arrangements.

contact paper art

You can fill in the whole frame, make faces, create a stained glass effect, make stripes, patchwork, whatever you like. Have you ever tried contact paper art with your kids?

 

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Comments

  1. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    26/01/2012 at 1:23 am

    I love your use of straws for this activity!

    Pinned to my quick & easy crafts board =)

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  2. maggy,red ted art says

    26/01/2012 at 11:30 am

    Fun! And a great way to “use up all those straws”, my son adores cutting them up.. wonder what it is about them!

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  3. April says

    27/01/2012 at 6:26 pm

    What a fun idea! I am a Sunday School teacher, and some of my younger students also love scissor work, they will just happily snip away while listening to stories. I will have pin this to my crafts page, great idea! 🙂

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  4. Rachael says

    29/01/2012 at 10:55 pm

    Fabulous!!

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  5. Karen says

    18/03/2012 at 12:59 am

    Excellent fine motor idea–thx!

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